Assessment

Reading all those chapters in Assessment in Art Education was a little overwhelming, but I did find things helpful. Although, I wish this topic was emphasized more in class ( besides the PowerPoint provided in class) because it is important for all us future teachers to know. Also, this is something we will be tested on in the ATS-W state exam in order for us to get our teacher certification. ( I'll be taking mine next weekend- Nov 12th, wish me luck!) 

In class we talked assessment, project plans and lesson plans. Important information to keep in mind are the:   

• title
• objectives
• establishing purpose and context
• worksheets 
• teacher examples
• slide shows/ PowerPoint
• using the blooms taxonomy
• teacher activity/ student activity
• assessment
• formative assessment or summative assessment

In the book, Beattie talks about different ways to assess students. Portfolios are very common and effective in a way to show evidence to teachers, parents and administrators of student learning. They can include process and products of art work to show progression, brainstorming ideas, students sketch book, journals: their thoughts and ways of problem solving a specific project their working on.  Some teachers make students keep a journal, diary or log for their daily use which is useful in all four visual arts disciplines as both teaching and assessing tools. Another way is having integrated performances in the classroom. Here, students are given a task to complete and are told to role-play it by written form or presenting. Another way was "postcard to a friend",  Take a look at the example on page 29 in our book, it's pretty interesting. Group discussions, rating scales, and rubrics are another way to assess students.

So much more to learn!